The Arrow and the Song Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) 1. 2. 3. 4.
I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight.
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I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song?
9. Long, long afterward, in an oak 10. I found the arrow, still unbroke; 11. And the song, from beginning to end, 12. I found again in the heart of a friend. maggie and milly and molly and may E. E. Cummings (1894 – 1962) 1. maggie and milly and molly and may 2. went down to the beach (to play one day) 3. and maggie discovered a shell that sang 4. so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles, and 5. milly befriended a stranded star 6. whose rays five languid fingers were; 7. and molly was chased by a horrible thing 8. which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: and 9. may came home with a smooth round stone 10. as small as a world and as large as alone. 11. For whatever we lose (like a you or a me) 12. it’s always ourselves we find in the sea